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Pentland Road: February 2015
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Other local history websites. Saturday, 28 February 2015. Her disputes with crofters in Lochs are well recorded in the Napier Report of 1883. Female Industrial School, Scotland Street / Keith Street, Stornoway. Links to this post. We remember the victims of both tragedies. Links to this post. Bonnie Prince Charlie at Arnish. Bonnie Prince Charlie's cairn at Arnish, south of Stornoway. The below image of the house was taken in the 1950s,. Links to this post. Goat Island is now connected to mainland Lewis ...
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Pentland Road: April 2015
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Other local history websites. Saturday, 4 April 2015. This is an amended repost of an original entry, which I made on 16 October 2013. Now live on with a shadow over them. Among the Allied casualties were (at least) twelve men from the Isle of Lewis. This post is a salute to the Fallen of Gallipoli, particularly to the twelve men from Lewis, whom I list below. Son of Donald and Jessie Campbell. Last address in Lewis: 12 Aird, Point. Service unit: Royal Garrison Artillery, 4th Highland Battery. Date of de...
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Pentland Road: Goat Island
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Other local history websites. Saturday, 28 February 2015. This plaque was placed on Goat Island in 2007. The text, now nearly illegible, reads:. In 1654, during the occupation of Stornoway by Cromwellian forces, Goat Island was used as a fort to protect the harbour from attack. The main armoury comprising two great guns and four sliding pieces was taken from the old Stornoway Castle. RCAHMS suggests that there was a fort or citadel in the Point Street area of Stornoway. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Pentland Road: August 2014
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Other local history websites. Friday, 1 August 2014. Tipperton, South Uist. During my recent visit to South Uist, I came across a house called Tipperton (Tobar Tiobairt), near the Polochar Inn on the extreme southwestern point of the island. Searching the Internet revealed the Gaelic name, and the story of human remains found in a crouching position. From Struileag. His wife Margaret followed him out of this world in 1996, aged 93. The Hallan Cemetery website. Links to this post. My local history sites.
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Pentland Road: Land Struggle monuments
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Other local history websites. Saturday, 28 February 2015. There are three memorials. Aignish Farm Raid memorial. Pairc Raiders memorial, Balallan. Coll Farm Raiders memorial, Back. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Pentland Road is a single-track road on Lewis that runs between Stornoway and the villages of Breasclete and Carloway. It is a historical roadway. My local history sites. Berneray to Vatersay Tribute (WW1 / WW2). Faces from the Lewis War Memorial (WW1). Harris Memorial (WW1 / WW2).
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Pentland Road: Mission Statement
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Other local history websites. Saturday, 27 November 2010. Pentland Road is the blog where my stories, related to local history in the Isle of Lewis, will be posted. My work, as displayed in the Pentland Road blog and elsewhere in my Internet output, is dedicated to the memory of the 1,300 men from the Isle of Lewis lost in the Great War of 1914-1919. 28 November 2010 at 12:24. You are doing wonderful work in ensuring that the sacrifice of these men is recorded and given due recognition. This blog will fe...
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Isle of Lewis War Memorials: North Lochs
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Isle of Lewis War Memorials. This memorial sits on the western end of the village of Crossbost, where the road comes in from Leurbost; about 3 miles from the A859 Stornoway to Tarbert road. It is clearly signposted, and sits close to the cemetery. It covers the villages of Ranish, Crossbost, Leurbost, Achmore, Lochganvich and Grimshader. Bus W8 (Stornoway to Ranish) passes close by. Picture: 5 April 2007. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Wargraves Isle of Lewis. WW1 tribute Isle of Lewis.
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Faces from the Lewis War Memorial: How it all started
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Faces from the Lewis War Memorial. A listing of casualties from the First World War from the Isle of Lewis. How it all started. How it all started. The below article describes how the men from Lewis obediently followed the call to arms from their Government, as described in the below article, transcribed by Comann Eachdraidh Uig. The Highland News, Saturday 8 August, 1914. 8220;And they left their nets”. The mobilisation of the Militias and Territorials, after the Naval Reservists, has practically denude...
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Faces from the Lewis War Memorial: Broker / Brocair
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Faces from the Lewis War Memorial. A listing of casualties from the First World War from the Isle of Lewis. How it all started. Deckhand ALEXANDER JOHN MACLEOD. Last known address in Lewis: 3 Broker. Son of Murdo and Mary Macleod. Service unit: Royal Naval Reserve. Date of death: 1 January 1919. Drowned in sinking of HMY Iolaire. Interred: Aignish / Eye Cemetery, grave A. 4. 23. Village memorial: Point, Garrabost. Lewis War Memorial: Parish of Stornoway, Point division, panel 2. Service unit: Black Watch.
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Isle of Lewis War Memorials: East Loch Roag
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Isle of Lewis War Memorials. The relatively new memorial for Callanish, Breasclete and Garynahine sits right next to the A858 Stornoway to Carloway road, and can be accessed through the carpark outside the Free Church in Callanish. This is located about a quarter of a mile north of the (main) turn-off to the Callanish Stones, and just past the secondary access road to the Stones. Further pictures (dated 11 January 2008) and transcripts on this link. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
